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shawner88



Joined: 01 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote:
... The novelty of being gawked at wore off after the first year. Now, five years on, it's downright infuriating.

Sparkles*_*


Take it as a compliment that people stare at you. They're just curious, after all. You should know that by now. You sound like a newbie yet you've been here five years? Maybe it's time you move on if it annoys you so much.

Sorry, but I had to say this... Wink
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kiwiboy_nz_99



Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shawner88 wrote:
Take it as a compliment that people stare at you. They're just curious, after all. You should know that by now. You sound like a newbie yet you've been here five years? Maybe it's time you move on if it annoys you so much.

So, you can't have any complaints, you must love everything about Korea and Koreans, or it's time for you to move on. How infantile ...
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

shawner88 wrote:
Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote:
... The novelty of being gawked at wore off after the first year. Now, five years on, it's downright infuriating.

Sparkles*_*


Take it as a compliment that people stare at you. They're just curious, after all. You should know that by now. You sound like a newbie yet you've been here five years? Maybe it's time you move on if it annoys you so much.

Sorry, but I had to say this... Wink


I think, if I were famous, I'd be one of those famous guys who punches paparazzi and breaks their cameras.

There are certain levels of attention I enjoy, but being stared down by a cock-eyed ajeossi with a lung infection ain't one.
Anyone who would take something like that as a compliment would have to be a complete and utter dumbass, I think.

Sparkles*_*
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Son Deureo!



Joined: 30 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kiwiboy_nz_99 wrote:
Shawner88 wrote:
Take it as a compliment that people stare at you. They're just curious, after all. You should know that by now. You sound like a newbie yet you've been here five years? Maybe it's time you move on if it annoys you so much.

So, you can't have any complaints, you must love everything about Korea and Koreans, or it's time for you to move on. How infantile ...


Nahhhh... Shawner's just ribbing him because someone made fun of him for "sounding like a newbie" because he's still excited about how cheap things are here.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Son Deureo! wrote:
Shawner's just ribbing him because someone made fun of him for "sounding like a newbie" because he's still excited about how cheap things are here.


Like apartments! Golly, are they ever cheap!

Sparkles*_*
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maneatinghorse



Joined: 27 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kiwiboy_nz_99 wrote:
Shawner88 wrote:
Take it as a compliment that people stare at you. They're just curious, after all. You should know that by now. You sound like a newbie yet you've been here five years? Maybe it's time you move on if it annoys you so much.

So, you can't have any complaints, you must love everything about Korea and Koreans, or it's time for you to move on. How infantile ...


Mate you are 35 YEARS OLD!!!!! 35 YEARS OLD!!

Why don't you stop acting like an immature little snot.
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uberscheisse



Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

maneatinghorse wrote:


Why don't you stop acting like an immature little snot.


hello pot, meet your new friend kettle. he's a little pissy when he's off his medication, but we think he's alright. for a midget.
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maneatinghorse



Joined: 27 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

uberscheisse wrote:
maneatinghorse wrote:


Why don't you stop acting like an immature little snot.


hello pot, meet your new friend kettle. he's a little pissy when he's off his medication, but we think he's alright. for a midget.



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kiwiboy_nz_99



Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

maneatinghorse wrote:


Why don't you stop acting like an immature little snot.

I'd say the same to you, only problem is you're not acting like an immature little snot...
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SuperFly



Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Personally I can't wait to try a Jin Jiel Bang. I hear the good old Mogyuop tan is going away and being replaced...times sure do change eh?
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philinkorea



Joined: 27 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

about to finish my second year and right now rating it an 8 or 9 probably so high due to that im leaving and really appreciating what ive had and have got.

Ive had a good school and really found my niche. recently spent time travelling around the south, yosu, tongyong, goeje. also went to the DMZ today. Seoul is a great city and transport is cheap. Loads of cool places to visit and a really interesting culture and people to constantly try to work out. i feel so cool and proud that ive lived and explored somewhere so different than England and found out about it. its been a great experience
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The things that I like about korea, I've had to work hard to like. I've had to put in effort, to get results, to like them.
Very little has just hit me as being instantly lovable.
-know what I mean???
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Today was a bad day: 5/10

Usually I'd say 8/10

Though I've had many 9/10 days.
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JongnoGuru



Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep

PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mithridates wrote:
I have to stay here. It's like a curse, a very soft curse.


I feel about 7/10 that way, about 8/10 of the time. The remaining 2/10 of the time, I feel 10/10 that way.
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AdamH



Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Location: Bachman Turner Overdrive...Let's Rock!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

IMHO it all depends on the mood you're in.

Getting stared at in the street? Take it as a compliment! What harm is it doing?

Get told "teacher very handsome!" or "Why aren't you married?" - ditto.

Someone asks you where you're from? - They're being friendly and showing some interest. It's a lot better than a kick in the plums, which a foreigner might have to fear in some parts of the world.

If you're easygoing and resist the urge to become jaded, it can easily be a 9/10 or 10/10 place.

Bonus: the PC �� here is happy to let me install Limewire and download as much music as I like. So I'm sitting here with my headphones on, rockin' away. It's a good day.
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